Web-based resource-centre for period of work
experience
Jaana Kettunen
University of Jyväskylä
About an introduction-to-working- life period
• Part of Finnish comprehensive school
curriculum. The aim is that the pupil must be able to gain personal experience with working life and vocations in genuine work environments.
• A central part of the cooperation between the local labour market, business
community and comprehensive school.
• Periods are to be organized for the pupils as a basis for their educational and
occupational choices, and to enhance their respect for work.
Project background
• An introduction-to-working-life- period-market (TET-tori) is a
research and development project coordinated by the Institute for
Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä.
• Part of a regional programme of the Regional Council of Central Finland
• The project is financed by
European Social Funds and the Regional Council of Central
Finland.
Aims
1) Find out the practices that would make it possible to integrate the use of
information technology (ICT) as a natural aspect of study counselling
2) Find out whether the introduction-to- working-life period experiences have effect when students plan their further education
3) Create and maintain a web-based enviroment (the ”TET-market”) by collaborating with teachers and
educational establishments
Method
• design an experiment involving both the process of designing a web-based
environment - the TET-market - and an empirical study, where data is collected using action research methods and
then analysed
• Findings and conclusions serve as a basis for further design work (Cobb, Confrey, diSessa, Lehrer & Schauble, 2003).
Students
• information about the work practise vacancies
• information about different ocuupations and local companies
• information about the initial vocational study programmes in upper secondary
Study counsellors
• info about work practise vacansies
• material for the periods
• motivates to collaborate
Companies
• chance to introduce to schools
•informs about the work practise vacancies
• can easily maintain and update own information
• material for the periods
• foster the co-operation with schools
Parents
• basic information about the work practise period
•information about the initial vocational study programmes in upper secondary
TET-market
• http://peda.net/tet
Contact information
• Jaana Kettunen
jaana.kettunen@peda.net Tel. +358 (0)14 260 3303 Gsm + 358 (0)400 488 212
University of Jyväskylä
Institute for Educational Reasearch P.O.Box 35
40100 University of Jyväskylä Finland
Web: http://peda.net/tet